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06-10-09

• Obama's War Profiteers:
• Scahill: Blackwater Still Working in Iraq for the International Republican Institute, According to New Lawsuit (rebelreports)
• Obama Cairo Speech - Self-Serving, Dishonest And Pure Empty Claptrap:
• Chris Hedges: Do You Really Think Arabs in the Middle East Clapped for Obama's Speech? (truthdig) "What do words of peace and cooperation mean from us when we torture -- yes, we still torture -- Muslims?"
• No, Virginia, Man Is Not the Center of the Universe:
• NGC 7023: A Dusty Iris Nebula (apod)